Nigerian Air Force Fleet Crashes At The Airport

A Helicopter owned by the Nigerian Air Force slammed arrived at the Umaru Musa Yar'adua International Airport, Katsina State yesterday June 12th.

The event which took place at about 3:00pm was affirmed in an announcement issued on Wednesday by the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola.

As indicated by the announcement, the accident happened while the helicopter was coming back from an enemy of equipped banditry battle mission in the Northwest Theater under Operation Hadaran Daji.

In spite of the fact that subtleties are as yet insufficient, the NAF representative says no life was lost. Hence, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has coordinated the constitution of a Board of Inquiry to decide the definite reason for the occurrence.